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    The Apple Security Report: Time to Take Precautions

    February 25th, 2006

    When you think of security, the threat of malware comes to mind. Whether you call it a virus, a Trojan Horse or a worm, you don’t want to have to confront the nasty thing. You may prefer to think of such problems as exclusive to the Windows platform, but the first computer virus actually appeared […]


    The Tiger Report: So How Many Updates Can There Be?

    February 18th, 2006

    It has to be difficult. Apple now has to keep three versions of Mac OS 10.4 in sync, yet at the same time delivering fixes and enhancements that are exclusive to each variation. With 10.4.5, the changes are dependant on which variation you’re using, and one of those fixes addresses a widely-publicized video display bug […]


    The Tiger Report: So How Many Fixes Does 10.4.3 Have?

    November 5th, 2005

    For weeks, the rumor sites were overwhelmed with speculation about some sort of incredible bug fix update for Tiger. It would contain hundreds of changes, more than anyone would have the right to expect. It boggles the mind. Well, 10.4.3 appeared in my Software Update list yesterday afternoon. Officially it provides the following changes and […]


    The One Paragraph Update to the Final Panther Update

    April 30th, 2005

    I really believed it wouldn’t happen, but it did. The 10.3.9 update wasn’t the last for Panther. A strange Java-related bug that apparently slipped through Apple’s quality control process intervened and thus begat the Java Update for Mac OS 10.3.9. Says Apple: “After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some systems may have issues with […]